Reconstruction:Proto-Austroasiatic/bruʔ

This Proto-Austroasiatic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Austroasiatic

Etymology

• Proto-Austroasiatic: *bruʔ (Sidwell, 2024, #AA322)
• Proto-Mon-Khmer: *bruuʔ (Shorto, 2006, #182)

Compare Santali ᱵᱩᱨᱩ (buru, “hill, mountain”). Khasi briew, Pnar bru (“person”) may also belong to this etymology.

Noun

*bruʔ

1. hill, mountain

Descendants

• Proto-Katuic: *ɓruu (“mountain”) (Sidwell, 2005)
  • Bru: bruː
  • Kui: bruː
  • Ngeq: pruː
  • Ong: bruː
• Proto-Vietic: *b-ruːʔ (Ferlus, 2007) (see there for further descendants)
  • Viet-Muong:
    • Vietnamese: rú